🛡️ CVE-2022-21834 — windows-10

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2022-21834 is recorded against 9 packages.

• windows-10
• windows-11
• windows-7
• windows-8.1
• windows-server
• windows-server-2008
• windows-server-2012
• windows-server-2016
• windows-server-2019

Timeline and source

Published on 11 January 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

msrc.microsoft.com
portal.msrc.microsoft.com

Other advisories for this package

windows-10 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2023-36592 (7.3 High, published 10 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2023-36591 (7.3 High, published 10 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2023-36590 (7.3 High, published 10 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2023-36589 (7.3 High, published 10 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2023-36697 (6.8 Medium, published 10 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2023-36583 (7.3 High, published 10 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2023-36606 (7.5 High, published 10 Oct 2023)
• CVE-2023-36582 (7.3 High, published 10 Oct 2023)

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